Wow, its been a long time since I’ve posted! Its well over six months from my surgery now and I’m back to living life full time and have been for quite a while. My incision has healed and now is a dent in my skull behind my ear. The hair is growing back and is a couple inches long now. The only way you can tell is if I pull my hair back in a pony or barrette and you can see the short hairs sticking out.
The deafness on that side is irritating at best. I keep telling myself that its minor in comparison but some days that just doesn’t cut it. That ear is to the middle of the car when I’m driving and I can’t hear the kids clearly when they talk to me. I have to remind them often to speak clearly and loud enough, not a bad thing though. I get tired of saying “huh?” or “what’s that?”. And the most pet peevish thing about it is when I unknowingly talk too loud and make people that are unaware of my situation wonder what my problem is. The tinnitis in my ear is sometimes not noticeable and other times I feel like I have to talk loudly so I can hear myself over it. Oy.
The balance factor is ok most days but I still stumble and bump into things. I’ve learned to be a little more cautious but if you know me at all, I don’t really have a slow speed.
I guess I am feeling sort of down today. I found out last night that a fellow ANer had her 6-month MRI, her surgery was a week after mine, and found regrowth, almost to the same size it was pre-surgery. Her case makes three regrowths that I’ve heard of. There is a very small chance for regrowth, so says the Dr., but there was a very small chance I could have it in the first place. I need to move on but I feel paralyzed today. {Deep breath} Tomorrow will be a better day.
